RELIGION ON CAMPUS By Conrad Cherry, Betty A. DeBerg, and Amanda Porterfield
A qualitative analysis of religion on campus challenges prevailing assumptions about undergraduate interest
in the practices, attitudes, and study of religion in contemporary colleges and universities.
JEWISH STUDIES AND THE ACADEMIC TEACHING OF RELIGION By Robert Eisen
The study of Jewish religion is one component of Jewish studies. An exploration of how Jewish religion is
taught and students' multiple motivations and responses to the academic study of Judaism reveals its value
in their undergraduate education.
THE FUTURE OF RELIGIOUS COLLEGES By Paul Dovre
Scholars from a spectrum of religious denominations discuss the mission and identity of religiously affiliated
institutions and their future in the universe of American higher education.
OUT OF THE CLOSET AND INTO THE CLASSROOM, THE YARD, AND THE DINING HALL By Robert Kiely
The study of religion at Harvard has grown since its inception as a major field of study. It reflects the
varieties of religious traditions represented in the student body and the openness that characterizes religious
expression.
GROWING SPIRITUALLY DURING THE COLLEGE YEARS By Arthur Schwartz
What is spirituality? What are the premises upon which it is built? Addressing these questions raised by
students in their spiritual quest provides insight into the meaning of spirituality.
RELIGION: A COMEBACK ON CAMPUS By Kathleen Mahoney, John Schmalzbauer, and James Youniss
An overview of the role of religion in the academy surveys recent developments and challenges in its resurgence
in the twenty-first century.
PERSPECTIVES
ASSESSING THE ASSESSMENT DECADE By Michael J. Strada
The importance of faculty-supported learning-outcomes assessment is key to its effectiveness. The use of
qualitative measures and creative thinking about assessment coordinates with what faculty believe is integral
to the process.
PUBLIC PRESENTATION AND THE LIBERAL ARTS By Clark Lemons
Learning is complete when it is embodied and finds expression in some public way within and for the community.
The performing arts offer a strong means of achieving this.
MY VIEW
TROPHY CASE REFLECTIONS By John Ramsay
Honor as a value is learned through an experience in which public trust was violated. The incident leads
to a lifetime of reflection on the ethical component of education.
